"A fun new holiday tradition reminding us of the spiritual importance of the sun and sacred medicines."
>"A revival of a forgotten culture and a rival to Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"." -Jack Prost

"An ethnographic and ethnomycological study of Christmas past, clothed in interesting art and a magical tale. It both pays homage to the original poem by Clement Moore and blazes a new trail." -Unni Veikkanen

"This book brings back the rich meaning of a now empty holiday that was stolen by religion, secularism, and commercialism." -Daisy Harshbarger

"An artfully drawn and well-researched bridge between Norse Folklore and modern-day traditions. It makes festive a dark winter night and gives us a connection to our ancestors." -Janet Guess

"Calling all pagans, wiccans, hippies, sun-gazers, psychonauts, astrologers, astrotheologers, metaphysicians, mycophiles, esotericists, shamans, shintoists, yogis, astronomers, spiritualists, festival goers, cultural psychologists, Norwegians, Swedes, Finns, Russians, Laplanders, Greenlanders, Koryaks, Alaskans, reindeer herders, circumpolar peoples, and nature-lovers...This is your book! This is what you should be reading on Christmas." -Emily Saunik

"Santa was a shaman and he delivered gifts of medicinal fungi!" -Nick Ritzenhein

"Light and Dark are perhaps the oldest source of religious motifs there are. I'm so glad there's a holiday book out there that reminds us all of that." -Reyansh Agarwal

"The man has invented his own nature religion! And I'm likely a new convert." -James Codi

"Move over Christmas, lets bring back Yule, Saturnalia, and Solstice!" -Reese Collins